CVE-2023-5799 WP Hotel Booking < 2.0.9 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Post Deletion

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Contributors can delete arbitrary posts due to missing authorization checks in the WP Hotel Booking plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-5799?

CVE-2023-5799 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown WP Hotel Booking, published on 20 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WP Hotel Booking WordPress plugin before 2.0.8 does not have proper authorisation when deleting a package, allowing Contributor and above roles to delete posts that do no belong to them

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5799?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Thimpress Wp Hotel Booking.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5799?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-5799 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5799 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r4pf-qg69-h279.

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